History ActionGirl / Anime

*** Droite becomes this after her HeelFaceTurn, shifting from DarkActioonGirl to Action Girl.

* Genkai and Mukuro from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''. Genkai is still one of these [[NeverMessWithGranny as a seventy-plus year-old woman]], and, when she was younger, [[spoiler: she helped Team Toguro with the Dark Tournament, her being the only girl on that team]]. Mukuro is so BadAss that [[spoiler: [[{{badass}} she rose to the rank of a demon king]] [[WithMyHandsTied while having her hands shackled together for hundreds of years]]]].
** Also Kokou and Natsume, who are among the old drinking and fighting pals of none other than [[spoiler: Raizou, a Demon King just like Mukuro]].

* Sakurako and Matsuri from ''{{Psyren}}'' are "Universal-type" PSI users, which as the name implies means they are good at everything. Fredrica and Marie, despite being kids, are equally capable.

-->''Isaac:'' "Girls who are strong are ''faaantastic''!"
-->''Miria:'' "Just like Amelia Earhart!"

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': Karate expert Ran Mouri can kick down doors, break knives, dodge bullets, help kick the ass of 50-60 armed men, kick the ass of any person who hostages her or harms her loved ones, and even dent a cement telephone post if she's in the mood for it. And she's not the only one: Satou (standard police training, which include judo), Kazuha (aikido), Sera (jeet kune do), Ran's mom Eri (judo) and Heiji's mom Shizuka (former kendo champion who has ''not'' let her skills go rusty) can handle themselves pretty well too.

* From the creator Creator/GoNagai, the ''Mazinger'' trilogy features several {{Action Girl}}s:

* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' we have Chane, a mute KnifeNut that holds her own against a guy with a shotgun, Ennis, a BattleButler for the BigBad of the 1930 storyline, and Rachel, BadassNormal ActionSurvivor who climbs around on moving trains and saves hostages from heavily armed aggressors without carrying any weapons of her own. The novels include several more that never made it into the anime.

* Francoise Arnoul aka 003 from {{Cyborg 009}} is this when at her boldest. While she relays more in her SuperSenses and WrenchWench skills, when she needs to defend herself and she can't relay on 009 or others, she'll do it without hesitation.

** Haruko grew up studying martial arts with her friend, Takeru, at his father's dojo. Since then, she's become [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/19/15/ a proficient swordswoman]] and is the wielder of Murakumo; which is one of the original 8 Maken. Near the end of the Venus arc, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/20/15/ she fought]] and defeated Demitra, the vice-commander of their unit.
** [[TheCutie Inaho]] doesn't see as much action as the others, mainly because she's the {{plucky comic relief}}. But she still gets her moments to shine, such as when she [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/7/28/ saved Takeru from a rockslide]] and when she [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/17/10/ helped fight Celia.]]
** Himegami is the {{deuteragonist}} and the daughter of [[spoiler: Yamato no Orochi]]. As such, [[BlueBlood she's royalty]] ''and'' [[spoiler: a demigoddess]], who's capable of casting [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/23/35/ high-level summons]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/7/ and magic.]] Plus, she possesses Yasakani which has [[spoiler: the power of the 8 original Maken combined]]. Meaning, she's inherently [[LadyOfBlackMagic one of the most powerful characters]] in the series, and was ultimately the one who [[spoiler: defeated [[BigBad Ouken]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/21/ Yamato]]]].
** Azuki serves as the group's [[CloseRangeCombatant unarmed combat specialist]] and is acknowledged as [[AmazonianBeauty one of the strongest girls]] at the academy. She's introduced being challenged to a duel by Kai, [[BestHerToBedHer for the right to be]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/3/18/ with her]] (which he loses). Later, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/16/9/ she fought Yan-Min]] during the Venus arc and narrowly defeated her. And during the Okino Island chapters, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/10/ she joined the battle]] against Otohime Yamato's enslaved minions and her brother, Gouken.

* Lina Inverse from ''TheSlayers'': She left a path of devastation wherever she went, kicking the collective arses of everyone between her and whatever goal she was pursuing at the time.

* Mina Tepes in ''DanceInTheVampireBund'' is an extremely badass young lady, dishing out plenty of WaifFu to spare.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has [[SmallGirlBigGun Nanoha]], [[SuperSoldier Fate]], [[LittleMissBadass Vita]], [[LadyOfWar Signum]], [[CuteBruiser Subaru]], [[GirlsWithGuns Teana]]... you know, it'd probably be easier to list the female mages that ''wouldn't'' count as an ActionGirl. Even the WhiteMagicianGirl could kick your ass, or at least [[TheBeastmaster have her]] [[SummonMagic dragons]] do it for her.

* To some extent, Akane Tendō and most of Ranma's harem from ''RanmaOneHalf''. While they may not be as strong as Ranma and most of the main male martial artists, they can still beat the shit out of 90% of the boys their age.

** Himegami is the {{deuteragonist}} and the daughter of [[spoiler: Yamato no Orochi]]. As such, [[BlueBlood she's royalty]] ''and'' [[spoiler: a demigoddess]], who's capable of casting [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/23/35/ high-level summons]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/7/ and magic.]] Plus, she possesses Yasakani which has [[spoiler: the power of the 8 original Maken combined]]. Meaning, she's inherently [[LadyOfWar one of the most powerful characters]] in the series, and was ultimately the one who [[spoiler: defeated [[BigBad Ouken]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/21/ Yamato]]]].

* ''QueensBlade'': Pretty much everyone without a Y Chromosome is capable of kicking ass to some degree or other.

* In the ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' meta-universe, out of all the ''mikos'' only Takiko aka Genbu no Miko from ''FushigiYuugiGenbukaiden'' is trained in self-defense, and she's very good at [[NaginatasAreFeminine handling herself with a]] [[BladeOnAStick naginata spear]]. It's a JustifiedTrope: Takiko is from [[ImperialJapan the Japan of]] TheRoaringTwenties and a YamatoNadeshiko to boot, so she was required to learn at lwast some basic moves of ''naginatajutsu'' as part of her rising.

** Temari holds the shining distinction of not only being the only female to participate in the Chunin exams to actually win a fight, but to add insult to injury she did it twice in a row. She later [[ShipTease rescued Shikamaru]] and defeated Tayuya in the Sasuke Retrieval arc. Sadly Impressive for a female character in Naruto.
** Tsunade is this in her introduction in Part 1. The whole thing was just one giant CrowningMomentOfAwesome as she fought then-BigBad Orochimaru alongside Jiraiya, but after that, she became the Hokage and became more or less moving scenery, with her only significant contributions being [[TheMedic as a healer]] rather than a fighter. In [[spoiler: chapter 562, she proved that she had more than some few seconds of ActionGirl set aside for a special occasion by activating a secret forbidden technique and punching a hole through Madara's Susanoo. And then she ran out of seconds and Madara (who was not even mildly inconvenienced by the attack) turned his Susanoo into a mountain-busting giant]].

** [[OneManArmy Mikasa]] stands out above all others.

** Azuki serves as the group's [[CloseRangeCombatant unarmed combat specialist]] and is acknowledged as [[AmazonianBeauty one of the strongest girls]] at the academy. She's introduced being challenged to a duel by Kai, [[BestHerToBedHer for the right to be]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/3/18/ with her]] (which he loses). Later, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/16/9/ she fought Yan-Min]] during the Venus arc and narrowly defeated her. And during the Okino Island chapters, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/10/ she joined the battle]] against Otohime's Yamato's enslaved minions and her brother, Gouken.

* Despite being [[NakedPeopleAreFunny a victim of]] [[ButtMonkey a lot of pranks]], HotTeacher Machiko Mai from MaicchinguMachikoSensei often gives back as much as she takes. She's more athletic than the rest of the staff (including the phys ed teachers), able to pick up skills like skateboarding in one or two tries, and knows martial arts of some kind — several episodes involve her beating the crap out of someone who goes too far. (One memorable instance of this involved her breasts popping free from her shirt from a thief who had taken her as a hostage, which she used as a the start of a breast-and-karate-chop combo.)

** Himegami is the {{deuteragonist}} and the daughter of [[spoiler: Yamato no Orochi]]. As such, [[BlueBlood she's royalty]] ''and'' [[spoiler: a demigoddess]], who's capable of casting [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/23/35/ high-level summons]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/7/ and magic.]] Plus, she possesses Yasakani which has [[spoiler: the power of the 8 original Maken combined]]. Meaning, she's inherently one of the most powerful characters in the series, and was ultimately the one who [[spoiler: defeated [[BigBad Ouken]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/21/ Yamato]]]].

* ''Manga/MakenKi'': It'd be easier to list the girls who aren't, since [[WorldOfActionGirls virtually every female in the series]] is combat ready. So we'll focus on the ones in the main cast:
** Haruko grew up studying martial arts with her friend, Takeru, at his father's dojo. Since then, she's become [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/19/15/ a proficient swordswoman]] and is the wielder of Murakumo; which is one of the original 8 Maken. Near the end of the Venus arc, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/20/15/ she fought]] and defeated Demitra, the vice-commander of their unit.
* Himegami is the {{deuteragonist}} and the daughter of [[spoiler: Yamato no Orochi]]. As such, [[BlueBlood she's royalty]] ''and'' [[spoiler: a demigoddess]], who's capable of casting [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/23/35/ high-level summons]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/7/ and magic.]] Plus, she possesses Yasakani which has [[spoiler: the power of the 8 original Maken combined]]. Meaning, she's inherently one of the most powerful characters in the series, and was ultimately the one who [[spoiler: defeated [[BigBad Ouken]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/53/21/ Yamato]]]].
** Azuki serves as the group's [[CloseRangeCombatant unarmed combat specialist]] and is acknowledged as [[AmazonianBeauty one of the strongest girls]] at the academy. She's introduced being challenged to a duel by Kai, [[BestHerToBedHer for the right to be]] [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/3/18/ with her]] (which he loses). Later, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/16/9/ she fought Yan-Min]] during the Venus arc and narrowly defeated her. And during the Okino Island chapters, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/48/10/ she joined the battle]] against Otohime's Yamato's enslaved minions and her brother, Gouken.

* Ginrei and Youshi from ''Anime/JaiantoRobo'' are members of an international police organization known as the Experts of Justice.

* ''Anime/SeireiNoMoribito'': Balsa is a wandering spearwoman turned bodyguard, in order [[TheAtoner to atone for the 8 lives she once took]], who finds herself charged to protect Prince Chagum. So if anyone wants him, they're gonna have to go through '''''[[MamaBear HER]]'''''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdkW7nHD5wU Good luck with that.]]

* ''BlueSeed'''s Koume Sawaguchi fits this trope exactly, even to the point where she is considered to be the TAC's muscle against the Aragami. It's even acknowledged in the post-series TimeSkip {{OVA}} when the other characters directly state that they can't fight the Aragami without Koume's help.

* ''LightNovel/ShinmaiMaouNoTestament'' has several of the main heroines who can fight. However, Mio is not as good, though it's justified as she just recently learned about her powers, and is still in the process of mastering them.